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Monday May 28, 2007 1:44 pm
Sony Unveils Bendable Screens
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Design, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video, Science
Sony is once again the forerunner of innovative technology. This time they have come up with a 2.5-inch display for cell phones and other handheld gadgets that is only .01-inch thick and bendable. Still in development, researchers are trying to make it larger. The screen is a combination of the company’s organic thin film transistor, which creates the flexible display, and an organic electroluminescent display. Other companies, such as LG Phillips and Seiko Epson are also working on “electronic Paper” technology.
“In the future, it could get wrapped around a lamppost or a person’s wrist, even worn as clothing,” said Sony spokesperson Chisato Kitsukawa. “Perhaps it can be put up like wallpaper.”
Perhaps, but most of us would rather have our current products work from Sony than worry about wearing a TV screen on our elbow.
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